The Relationship Between Fear, Loneliness, and Depression Among University Students: A Structural Equation Model
| Autor: | Yousef Abdelqader Abu Shind, Muna Abdullah Al-Bahrani, Hussain Ali Alkharusi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2548-348X 2548-3498 |
| DOI: | 10.23916/0020230837510 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to test the causal relationship among fear of Covid-19, loneliness, and depression from Covid-19. The study sample consisted of 605 undergraduate students recruited from a public university. They completed three scales: fear of Covid-19, depression from Covid-19, and loneliness. The results revealed a good fit index for the proposed path model. The fear of Covid-19 predicted two types of loneliness emotional and social negatively. A positive association between depression and emotional as well as social loneliness was found. A total of 43% of the variance in depression was explained by loneliness. Depression was potentially a mediating factor between a fear of pandemic and the feeling of loneliness. A counseling intervention can be designed based on these results. |
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